ZDNet Mobile Reader story - To blog or to Tweet? That is the question . . . here is an answer

If you are wondering which service to use, Twitter or a blog, you need to read this article. I am doing a semi-blog-Twitter approach, where my blog entries will go to Twitter automatically. Read on...

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I've noticed that many people have abandoned their blogs in favor of real-time blogging on Twitter or on Friendfeed. Their argument is that they can't do both. And it's understandable because it all takes time, lots of it. But it might be worth revisiting that strategy and...

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ZDNet Mobile Reader story - Cloud Computing Advocates Detail Its Future - InformationWeek

Pieneers of cloud computing are being interviewed in this article and it is worh while reading what they have to say.

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ZDNet Mobile Reader story - Microsoft: Legacy systems not a barrier to cloud computing - Nextgov

This article shows and example of how cloud computing and traditonal legacy applications can be seen. i expect these cases to increase going forward.

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ZDNet Mobile Reader story - Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!

This decision is the result of European commission that wanted to control its consumers...

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LinkedIn Promotes Weiner to CEO

Changes in executive leadership positions at LinkedIn.... This shows that social networking sites are trying to build their business model and it is hard. I am personally not that happy with the development of Linkedin.com. It has become pretty stagnant and some of the features have slowed down the use.

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Social-networking site LinkedIn promoted Jeff Weiner to CEO and said co-founder Reid Hoffman would remain executive chairman.

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ZDNet Mobile Reader story - Busting the nine myths of cloud computing

This article is well worth reading as it gives a good idea of nine myths around cloud computing and oe that I really like is the discussion of how to meld the private and public clouds and challenges around that... read on...

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AP Mobile News story - Apple: More than 1M new-model iPhones sold

The sales of the new Apple iPhone surpassed the estimates by wide margin which also demonstrates that the smartphone market is hot and competitive. The new iPhone sales reached one million units the first three days.

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Tech Giants Ramp Up Online Offerings

Allmost all software vendors are looking to provide online software instead of the mor traditional software models that provdes higher margins. This article discusses of the difficulties in moving to a new business model an I do not think this change will be an easy one...

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"Tech Giants Ramp Up Online Offerings"

The recession is forcing tech heavyweights into a low-profit business that the companies have traditionally resisted: selling online software.

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Wipro to Tap New Outsourcing Markets

Outsourcers are feeling the pain of slowing growth and now Wipro and such companies are looking for growth from countries such as Brazil, China and India as the large client countries/regions such US, UK and Europe overall. This is something that I have been blogging about for quite a while and now it has become a reality.

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AP Mobile News story - Nortel to sell itself off in pieces

Now we can quit speculating what it happening to Nortel Networks... LTE and CMDA businesses will be acquired by Nokia-Siemens Networks.... There will be turmoil among the employees I am sure...


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AP Mobile News story - Reports: Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant

This explains the leave of absense of Steve Jobs and what went on during the leave. It seems that he needed a liver transplant that he received in Tennessee.


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Microsoft's Six Questions to Ponder Before Buying a Netbook | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

This article explains the six questions one has to pose before buying a netbook.


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Are You Ready to Ditch Your Laptop for a Smartphone? - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

I have been pondering when I can travel without my laptop and this article discusses about the reasons why I cannot. Compatibility, authoring of documents and screen size will be inhibiting the performance and I do not think there is going to be a solution any time soon.


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What to Expect from Enterprise 2.0 | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

This conference in Boston might be worth while visiting due to the case studies presented in the conference.


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LinkedIn Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Social Network for Professionals - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article from CIO.com talks about how to be an effective LinkedIn.com user. I think it is worth reading to understand the do's and don'ts



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Economy Could Break Outsourcers, Analysts Say - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

I have also blogged about this during the past year. If you are a pure outsourcing company without scale benefits, you might be out of luck. Clients will be more reluctant to sign longterm contracts and some want to take the skills inside again due to failed benefits of the outsourcing. Greed has also driven some players out and I can not believe that the largets players such as Accenture, HP and IBM will have the expected growth year-after-year. It will be even more harsh to offshore locations such as India where the economy might hit even harder.

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What Does Your Social Networking Profile Picture Say About You? | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

What kind of picture do you want to put on a social networking site? This article discusses of the pros and cons of each approach.


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Bing Helps Microsoft Gain Steam in Search Market - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

I blogged last week that it is good to have competition and according to ComScore, Bing search engine is gaining momentum and has increased marketshare for a second week. What is interesting is that Microsoft has decided to separate porn, sex and explicit images to a separate domain to help organizations to filter porn out... Simple and smart I would say....


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Analytics in the Cloud: 5 Lessons Learned - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article gives good advice of how to think about business intelligence from hardware perspective and what it means in cloud computing.


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Gartner: Don't Sign Long-Term Outsourcing Deals - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Interesting article from Gartner where they suggest that the times of 10 year outsourcing contracts is over.... and that organizations should look at cloud computing and SaaS as an option for year-to-year savings.... Yet again, cloud computing is high on the list... Read on...


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Facebook Dethrones Myspace in U.S. Popularity Race - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article explains it all.... MySpace is loosing in the battle of first spot in social networking. Today, I blogged that MySpace is firing people, here is probably one of the reasons...


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AP Mobile News story - Adobe Systems posts drop in 2Q profit, sales

Adobe is feeling the pressure in selling traditional software. They are also moving towards a SaaS solution with a subscription model as many other software domains are doing. I think that this trend will just continue and there is nothing that will stop it.


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AP Mobile News story - Guessing game: How much money is YouTube losing?

These social media sites are loosing money and I am sure there needs to be an end to this at some point in time.... Are we re-living the dot.comboom where the typical discussion was about burn rate and not profiability.

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MySpace Cuts Nearly 30% of Staff

Nothing lasts forever and MySpace is falling in popularity and new management is cutting workforce by 30 percent. i do not hear chatter about MySpace as I used to so i am sure that there is a reason for it. I am sure Facebook will have the same faith sometime in the future... As said, nothing lasts forever...

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IBM Goes Beyond Just Slapping 'Cloud' Label on Old Products - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article discusses about IBM's strategy in both private- as well as public cloud computing. I expect there to be more announcements from vendors in anything related to cloud computing.

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SAP CTO Vishal Sikka on Innovation, Cloud Computing and Business ByDesign's Future - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article is an interview of SAP first CTO based out of Palo Alto, California. He talks about cloud computing, innovation and SAP SaaS solution that is in the workings... Read on...


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BlackBerry Tour Boasts Crisper Screen, Multimedia Goodies - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

BlackBerry to add a new smartphone: BlackBerry Tour with improved screen resolution, better camera and access to social networking sites. It is very similar to BlackBerry Bold.


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Information of Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform

Microsoft Azure is soon here... and this link provides a wealth of information that is both interesting and shows what it is all about. Read more....

U.S. Dev Partners Blog : 4 New MSDN "How Do I" Video Series on Windows Azure and Live Services

Innovation Dreaming Won't Stop Enterprise Software Screaming | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

I have been tracking the enterprise software market for the past 20 years and this article highlights the issues that for example ERP software vendors have. How much innovation can there be in the ERP space and how much software can one sell to organizations especially as ERP deliveries are typically cruelsome.... Read on...


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The One and Only Choice in SMB ERP: Microsoft Dynamics AX!! | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

Gartner releases its Magic Quadrant in ERP solutions and Microsoft AX is the only one in the leaders quadrant.


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BlackBerry Rivals Push RIM's Buttons

Competition is getting heated in the smart phone space. RIM is getting nervous about 99 dollar iPhone and might be planning a BlackBerry Storm version with hard keyboard and not a soft one as today.

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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion may hint this week at strategy changes to meet the dual challenges of a $99 iPhone from Apple and Palm's Pre.

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Eating your own dog food | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

I like this approach... If you are an ISV, you'd better use your software also internally... Read on...

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Salesforce.Com Offering No-Charge Access to Force.Com - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Salesforce.com has implemented a development environment that works only in their own Force.com platform and competes head-to-head with .NET and Java development environments. I have studied this approach and my issue is with the vendor lock-in that Salesforce.com is creating with this approach. What happens if Saleforce.com decides to change the rules in midstream or if the ISV decides to support other platforms....? Sorry, but won't happen without larger investments... Microsoft has been blaimed for vendor lock-in so my question is what people consider this to be....?

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NYT: Winds of Change?

This article demonstrates the power of social media even in politics.... Thomas L. Friedman portrays this well in his article in New York Times. Mr. Friedman is the world known author of "The world is flat" as well as the newer one called "Hot, Flat, and Crowded.... Read on....

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Nintendo Expects Sales to Weaken

I think Nintendo is victim of its own success. last year one could not buy their console... it was sold out and peope got tired of waiting... Now what I think has happended is that Nintendo has not continued innovating and Xbox, Sony and the rest will have similar features from motion perspective... Why would anybody buy Nintendo when soon you can get the same with much better graphics...

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Nokia Plans More Cost Cuts

Nokia is cutting more of it global workforce, this time it will impact 1700 employees and according to the press release, it will take 6 weeks to figure out who these people will be.

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Five Easy Tips for CIO Fitness - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This is exactly what I also believe in and will be writing about it in my upcoming book that will be out in february 2010. If your work is hard, you'd better excercise. Read on...


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Watch Out, Oracle: Google Tests Cloud-Based Database - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Google is coming out with new type of database technology that according the article will revolutionize the database world. This technology was not built in vacuum, Google bought a company in 2005 that has been looking and developing this new data spaces technology. It remains to be seen if this technology will go mainstream.

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IPhone 3G S Still Not Enterprise-Ready, Analysts Say - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

The new Apple iPhone is not ready for the enterprise according to 4 analysts quoted in this article and most of the comments are in security, compliance and managebility of large deployments. Micosoft and RIM has these types of solutions while Apple does not.


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2009's Five Smartest Digital Technologies - Technology For Change

This article makes quite a few interesting predictions...about cloud computing, mobility and such.... I have always liked Eric's articles.

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10 Cloud Computing Companies to Watch - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article gives a list of 10 cloud companies that we should watch...Check it out whether you agree with this list...



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5 Cool Cloud Computing Research Projects - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

If you are in research of software business models, this is the golden time to do that. This article shows and discusses of some topic areas that are of interest for the researchers in the cloud computing space as well as security within it.

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Financial Analyst Doesn't Like What He Sees in SAP's Future | CIO - Blogs and Discussion

I have been very vocal about the changes that software vendors will experience going forward specifically in the software licensing side of things. This article highlights SAP, but it applies to every software company.

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Dell Looks To Ramp Up Acquisitions

Dell is in buying spree according to this article.... Dell has not been able to sustain its growth and therefore they are looking for aquisition targets.

"Dell Looks To Ramp Up Acquisitions"
Dell Inc. is cranking up its mergers and acquisitions engine, just as competition for technology deals begins heating up again.


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Latest Kindle: Bigger, Not Better

This article from Wsj.com discusses of the new Kindle DX device that brings a larger screen to Kindle. For standard books, Kindle 2 is still the way to go according to this article.

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"Latest Kindle: Bigger, Not Better"

While the larger Kindle DX performs its promised tasks adequately, its size and weight make it awkward and tiring to hold for long periods of reading.

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What Customers Want from ERP Vendors on Software Pricing - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

I have seen the change in enterprise expectations in software pricing and this Forrester data shows yet again that it will become even more challenging going forward. If you are an ISV, now it is time to start thinking were you are taking your company. Traditional maintenance and support fees will be challenging to get and client will require value for their money and if you don't provide value, you are gone very soon. The times of fat checks in maintenance will be gone (I have been there) and we can only tell stories of the good times. Keep on reading....
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IBM Preps Social Network to Boost Partners' Business - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This is an example of how ecosystems are evolving from traditonal hub-based ecosystems towards ecosystems where lots of spokes get to collaborate with each other. There is no question in my mind that partners are requesting this type functionality and it was just a matter of time who would get it first to the market. I expect to see similar moves from other vendors as well.

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Pricey Nokia Phone Faces Tough Competition - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Mobility and mobility software markets are very hot... Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, Windows Mobile 6.5, RIM and Nokia N97 are all competing of the same markets and Nokia specifically is trying to get back to the US markets.... When I look around the business users and my kids and there use of the phone... It is not going to be a piece of cake...

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Four in 10 CIOs Slashed Budgets in First Quarter, Gartner Reports - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

This article gives an idea of how CIOs see the market as of now and the focus areas withing the budgets.


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From Techie to Bike-Store Owner

This is a story that everybody needs to read as it is demostrating that anything is possible as long as you believe in your dreams. This guy got tired in the travel and being away from his family and then just decided to make a change and execute on it. As with any business ownership, it is not always easy but the rewards can be there. This guy also shoed that innovation can pay off! Read and enjoy the story.

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How a subcontractor building computer networks for big companies became a bike shop and coffee bar owner.

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Bing Gains Share in Search Market

Competition is good and Bing.com is getting good traction. It is not good if one vendor (in this case Google) gets too much marketshare as that will eventually hit consumers with less innovation, more predatory business practices and this is all bad for all of us. There needs to be a good balance in everything so I hope that Bing.com will gain more marketshare.

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Microsoft's revamped Bing search engine got off to a good start in its first week, boosting its U.S. market share to 11.1% from 9.1%.

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To Sustain iPhone, Apple Halves Price

The competition intensifies and the announcement of 99 dollar Apple iPhone will have an impact on Rim and the other handset manufacturers. I see this as competition of software mobility platform as software vendors have to build an ecosystem around these platforms.

"To Sustain iPhone, Apple Halves Price"
Apple halved the price for its entry-level iPhone to $99 and rolled out new version, as it tries to sustain sales.


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Firms Shed India Centers to Cut Costs

The dynamics of offshoring and ownership in such operations is changing.... Western companies might not want to own them in the future but to buy the services instead. In this model, the buying party has more choices and the costs can be controlled more efficiently.

"Firms Shed India Centers to Cut Costs"
Many Western companies that opened centers in India to perform back-office tasks on the cheap have sold or closed those facilities amid the recession.


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Palm's New Pre Takes On iPhone

I wrote in one of my blog posts that Palm will not have a chance for a comeback. This article describes well how the new Palm Pre competes with Apple iPhone. Palm Pre has a keyboard that makes all the difference....

"Palm's New Pre Takes On iPhone"
Palm's Pre is smart, sophisticated and will appeal to those who want a keyboard. It could give the iPhone and Blackberry strong competition.


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Jobs Ready to Return to Apple Helm

Mr. Steve Jobs seems to be back in the game according to this article. The speculation is whether Apple will have some surprise announcements to make at his arrival remains a question as of now. Apple iPhone is giving a headache to companies such as RIM, Nokia, and many others and I expect the competition to just continue going forward.

"Jobs Ready to Return to Apple Helm"
Steve Jobs appears on track to return to Apple from medical leave after months of uncertainty over his health.


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Adobe Covets Smart-Phone Market

The competition on the smart phone market extends to development tools as well. Adobe Flash has not reached the iPhone and RIM Blackberry devices and this puts huge pressure on Adobe to create one version of Flash that is compatible across different hardware platforms... We all know how easy that is....

"Adobe Covets Smart-Phone Market"

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Sony Ericsson Unveils 3 Smart Phones

The mobile phone market is getting heated in the high-end handset markets. Sony-Ericsson is going to challenge Nokia with new handsets that will compete with the ne upcoming N97 handset from Nokia.

"Sony Ericsson Unveils 3 Smart Phones"
Sony Ericsson unveiled three smart phones that integrate camera and entertainment features, marking a strategic shift as it looks to compete with the iPhone and Nokia.

Xbox Chief's Next Play

The success of Nintendo has been the controls that enable elder people to play sports games such as golf. However, when this type of functionality is moved overt to Xbox 360, Nintendo will have a problem as its graphics sucks compared with Xbox 360 or Sony Playstation 3. I look forward to see how golf is played with this new camera technology from Microsoft.

"Xbox Chief's Next Play"
Microsoft has shown its Xbox 360 console can win with serious gamers. Now it has to show it can out-play market leader Nintendo in the battle for casual players.

Kindle Maker to Buy E Ink

The competition on the electronic book market increases and I expect Kindle type of devices to increase going forward. The aquisition of E-ink by Kindle manufacturer is a sign of this.

"Kindle Maker to Buy E Ink"
Prime View, maker of electronic readers like Amazon's Kindle, is buying E Ink for about $215 million.


US: Business News